West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22
HOSPITALITY.
SERMON BY REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
How to Treat the Strangers that Come
Within Our Gates.

large ana connections hotels i'm our tSwns
ana ciIies, ana villages, will utterly extermi-
nate that grace which Abraham exhibited
when no entertained the angels and which
Lot showed when he watched for guests nj
the gate OF the city, and which Christ recog-
MED as positive requisite for entering
heaven, when he declared: II was a stranUeI.
and We took Me in"
propose TO speak this morning of the trials
and rewards of Christian hospitality Tina
nIst trlal often comes in the within and &C.
Cehtflclty OF the guest himself There ara
great many excellent people who have nro.
tuoeranceS OF disposition, and sharp edges OK
temperament, and unpliability OF character
whlch make them positive nuisance in any
mouse where they stay On short adouaint
ance they viii begin TO command the house
mold affairs, order the employees 10 unusuo,
service, keep unsoasonableh hours use narcotict
IN places offensive TO sensitive nostrils put
tnelr feet at unusual elevations drop the ashes
OF their Havana ON costly tapestry oI.n
bureaus they ought never to touch and nry
INTO things they ought never TO see aud be
come lmperylous 10 rousng bells, and have
al the pecullarities of the gormandizer or In,
dyspeptc, and make excavations from NO,
dentistry with unusual implements. anil i'm
thousand ways aiiiict the household which
proposes TO take care Of them. Added 10 all.
t thheS stay TOO long; They have no idea when
their welcome is worn out and thev
would be unmoved even by the blessnS-
Whlch my friend Gerrit Smith, the philan,
throplst, asked one morning at his breakfo 4
,~'Nf Nt Nic uty Wueu ne hoped TINT tha
Iong protracted guests would depart. SAVING.
Lord bless this provision, and our friends
VINO leave us to dAyp But nv friends
taere are alleviations 60 be put on their side
ol Ihe sale. Perhaps they have not had the
same refining influences about them i'm early
NE that you have had Perhaps they have
lnherited eccentricities that they cannot helm
ferhaps IT Is your duty, by example. To show
tnein better way. Perhaps they are sent to
DC trial Tor the development of your
patience. Perhaps they were 10 be intended
as an Illustration of the opposite of what
you are trying to mculcate in the minds of
your children. Perhaps il is to make your
nome the brighter when they are conc
hen our guests are CHEEKY and fascinatin1
ana elegant, 1t is very easy to entarto{n
them; but when we find i'm our guests that
winch Is antagonistic to our taste aud senti-
ment, IT Is positive triumph when we cnn
hospitality 9''S" ~
Another trial in the using of this grace is
IN the toll and expense of exercising IL In
The well regulated household t6inUs ca
smoothly, but now you have introduced "A
foreign element into the machinery, and
though you may stouty declare that they
must take things as they find them tha
martina WIZ break IN The ungovernable
stove, the ruined dessert, the Joint that
proves TO be unmastcable, the DELAYED mar
Keting, the perpleXitie5 of "A caterer the difii.
Suity Oh DONG proper work, and yet always
belnS presentable. Though you may saw
v.
be care and there will be anxiety In 1Ggi
the Captaln-General provided a very grand
entertainment, and among other things he
had fountain in his garden-a fountain of
Strohg 'lilnk. In 10 were four hOgsheads Of
brandy, eight hogsheads OF water. twenty
I'VE thousand lemons, thirteen hunredveigbt
OF Lisbon sugar, five pounds of gratel nut.
meg, three hundred toasted biscuits and n
t Soae quit on purpose was placei in the foam
tam, ana boy rowed around it and filed
the cups OF the people who came there To ha
supplied. Wen, you say that was n Ink
urlous entertainment and of course the
man had no anxiety; but have to tell you.
that though you had, or propose an enter
talpment like that, you have anxiety. In
that very thing comes the Divine reward
We were Torn to serve; and when we serve
etheIs We serve God. The flush on that
WomanS cheek, as she bends over the hot
stove, Is as sacred in Gods sight as the flush
on the cheek of one who. on n hot dov-
breaches the Gospel. We may serve COD
WIN plate, and cutlery, and broom, rs Ger
talnly as we can serve Him with rsoln,- booi,
and liturgy. Margaret Queen OF Norv,o,-
ana sweden, and Denmark, hal a ROYAL cun
OF ten lips. on which was recorded the names
OF the guests who had DRUM, from this cuD
AND every Christian woman has n rovol on,
on Wnlch are written all the names of those
VINO nave ever been entertained bv her. i'm
christian style-names not cut by human
ingenuity, but written by the hand Of a
DlVlhe Jesus But, my friends you are not
pam, cheerful presidency Of the table AMI
GREATNESS OF appointments will be Good
enough Tor anybody that ever comes IN
your mouse. John Howard was invited 10
the mouse OF nObleman. He said. 81 will
come on one condition, and thot is tbat
hOu nave hothlng but potatoes on the table
Inc requisltlon was complied with C'y,rue
huls or Fersla. under the same circumstances
PescriCei that on the table there rnust be
nothing but bread or course tbasa 60.
extremes but they are illustrations Of tho
Iacu lhat more depends upon the banguetars
tnaa upon the banquet. ! want 10 1T tbis
80. VI 4Iistian entertainment out Of "a posi-
i've bondage into a glorious indurement
EFeiy effort you put forth, and every dollar
you give 20 the entertainment Of friend or
Zoe YOU Gve directly 10 Christ S1DDosa IN
were announced that the Lord Jesus Christ
would come 70 this place this week what
woman IN this house would not be glad tc
wash for him, or spread for Him a bod on
bake bread for Him There was ono of old
who washed for Him. drawing the water
from the well Of her own tears. lie is com.
ing, He will be here tomorrow Inasmuch
as ye nave done 10 to one OF the least Of these
my brethren, We have done il 10 Me Iu met
ure galleries we have often seen represeuta-
lions OF Walter Scott ami his friends or
Massnlngton Irving with his associates; but
Hll th'ss en1rdFlugs VIII fade out. while
through everlasting ages, hanging luminous
anu conspicuous, viii b. the picture of YOU
AMI your Christian guests
'u SEC We nave pis-e out from the trials
INTO the rewards of Christian hospita ity.
grand glorious aud eternal TIN. f-st rs.
ward ~ Christian hospitality is the Divine
beheutuou. Whom any one attends f0
ths dutyi Gods blessing comes upon him.
upon his companion, upon his children upon
ms dining hall, upon his parlor upon his
nursery The blessing comes in at the front
door. ana the back door. and down thr1ugb
th' -kyIghts Col draws a long mark al
Giehl Tor services received. CHRIST said to
Ills disciples. 'Io that recciveth Won re-
ceiFelh Me; and be That givcth n cup ri cold
water in the name of "a disciple shall .u mo-
wise ipse IBIS reward As We have had .o
many things recorded against us boo HEAVIER.
Do Wlll De- q s1tisfnetiou ~ have written ON
uHiaiiint archiye. the fact that i'm the
ln'hth OFT 1HT. or June. or Sartr.uher. or DE.
cnnef. lrel we male the ils tl mistake
pi .upro fng That We were entertaining weak
In n hhe Ourselves. when Do. they shovel
tpeir p.ni1I- before They left. agI wa found
OUT tnal t1eT we're angels unav4res.
hnotue- rawlru comes 200 tue goo1 vrenea
an prayers OF our guests J DO not think
on nous over gets over aayins bad "a GOOD
man or woman abide there Georyc White.
heii used to scratch on the window of tHa
room HhsI h. was enfeIt1iuaf "a nassau. oil
5cIHiHr'. HuI u one cIee after be .ff che
"h'.. N. INIi Hu. converted H. fU..rtlI-
ing YI NlH. IEs Du tIu vIuI..s usn. Frs
woman 10. -Iuuom furnished "a little rgYrq
over tne WII Tor tIislI. and nI trr 4y.t
nave card tI. glorious cons .lu.uees Du n
cD.n, stormy winter U.r.f INV IgfH.r enter.
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